Creating Conversations

We know that when we foster open dialogue, our knowledge becomes deeper, our goals become clearer, and our kids become happier, healthier, and more resilient. That’s why we’re proud to offer our upcoming Creating Conversations speaker series!

The Seven Hills School’s Creating Conversations is a series of events designed to engage as a community, with each other and with the help of experts in their fields, about raising bright, healthy, happy kids. We invite you, your family, and friends to join us!

Past Events

Prevention at Home

Speaker: Glenn Hall 

For: Parents and friends of students of all ages.

Where: The event was recorded and can be viewed here. 

What to Expect: Glenn Hall is the senior prevention specialist at Hazelden Betty Ford Prevention Solutions, a nonprofit formerly called Freedom from Chemical Dependency. Hall has been visiting Seven Hills for six years to provide age-appropriate information to students relating to prevention of substance abuse, managing peer influences, and developing coping skills.

Purpose and Belonging

Speaker: Tim Klein

For: Parents and friends of students of all ages.

Where: The event was recorded and can be viewed here.

What to Expect: Award-winning educator, clinical therapist, and school counselor Tim Klein talks about his work and how it relates to the efforts that are already being done at Seven Hills. Building on his research about the importance of purpose and belonging, Klein co-wrote “How to Navigate Life” with Dr. Belle Liang. He has served as the director of strategic partnerships for Project Wayfinder.

What we Know about Stress and Mental Health

Speaker: Dr. Stuart Slavin

For: Parents and friends of adolescent students.

Where: The event was recorded and can be viewed here.

What to Expect: Replicating his work with medical students, Dr. Slavin in collaboration with MindPeace, has spent the past few years doing extensive research around what the current stress level of students tells us about their mental health. Dr. Slavin M.D., M.Ed. is Senior Scholar for Well-being at the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, or ACGME. He relates his work to improve the mental health of medical students that produced a decrease in rates of depression and anxiety to current high school students.

The Science of Sleep

Speaker: Dr. Sarah Hamill Skoch

For: Parents and friends of early childhood and Lower School students.

Where: The event was recorded and can be viewed here.

What to Expect: Did you know that losing just one hour from your usual sleep schedule can drastically impact your ability to function? Sleep, or lack thereof, can impact a child’s mood, behavior, and overall cognitive ability. Join behavioral health specialist and clinical psychologist Dr. Sarah Hamill Skoch for a Zoom discussion and Q&A about the effects of sleep on children.  

Strategies for Stress Management

Speaker: James Butler

For: Parents and friends of students of all ages.

Where: The Schiff Center. The event was recorded and can be viewed here.

What to Expect: There is no denying these are stressful times and the need for self and community care is at an all-time high. This experiential family night will center around mindfulness-based stress management strategies developed by early childhood educator and author James Butler. He will share tips, ideas, and mindfulness techniques with the Seven Hills School community.

The Wayfinder Curriculum

For more information about Seven Hills’ speaker series, please contact Angie Bielecki, school counseling department chair, at 513.728.2326 or angie.bielecki@7hills.org. 

To register and for more information about Seven Hills’ parenting speaker series, please contact Angie Bielecki, school counseling department chair, at 513.728.2326 or angie.bielecki@7hills.org.